County schedules dates for free spring cleanup

March 19, 2008|By Scott Waltman, swaltman@aberdeennews.com

Brown County's free spring cleanup will be April 25 through May 31 at the landfill west of town. County commissioners on Tuesday approved waiving landfill fees for those dates. April 27 and 28, there will also be two drop sites in Aberdeen - at the Brown County Highway Department on Eighth Avenue Southeast and at Jensen Rock & Sand on South Fifth Street. At those sites, tires, batteries, furniture, appliances, scrap metal, rubble and other miscellaneous waste can be dropped free of charge. Other items, including large loads, must be taken to the landfill. Hours of the drop site will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. April 27 and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 28. During the entire free cleanup, tires paint, trees, rubble, batteries, furniture, waste oil, antifreeze, appliances, scrap metal, propane tanks, glass, leaves and other miscellaneous waste will be accepted at the landfill. Regular landfill hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Landfill manager Mike Scott said that in the event of a natural disaster such as last year's flood, the commission can end the free cleanup period. Doing so might help the landfill better recoup disaster-related expenses, if needed, Scott said. Loads taken to the landfill must be covered and secure. And, Scott reminded people, the county's normal trash drop sites are for residential use only, and items dropped there are not to be put on the ground. There are a host of items that aren't to be left at the drop sites. They range from sheetrock to concrete and from appliances to tires. For more information or specific guidelines, visit the landfill's Web site at browncountylandfill.com. Scott said the free spring cleanup drop sites in towns outside of Aberdeen will be announced later this spring.